ERRATA: Foundations Older Editions Corrections
This page lists corrections to errors in past editions of Foundations that may affect the clarity of instruction. These errors have been corrected in subsequent printings or new editions.
Corrections to current Foundations editions
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Foundations A Teacher's Manual
1st Edition (2013)
| Page | Lesson | Notes | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 12 | The instructions for Phonogram Slap were partially obscured in some printings. The full sentence reads: "If desired, add in a second set of cards so students may practice reading both the bookface version and the cursive or manuscript version of each phonogram." |
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| 73-75 | 15 | Cursive only: If your Rhythm of Handwriting Tactile Cards do not have a "cross" stroke card, teach the stroke using the Cursive Quick Reference or the directions in the Teacher's Manual. The early sets of Cursive Tactile Cards did not have a "cross" stroke card. | 2017 ("Cross" stroke added to ROH Cursive Tactile Cards) |
| 116 | 23 | Cursive only: Teach the "dip" stroke using the Rhythm of Handwriting Cursive Quick Reference. The Cursive Tactile Cards do not have a "dip" stroke card. | 3rd Printing (2017) |
| 117 | 23 |
Materials for Slap It! game: Phonogram Game Card w, not r. 2 Slap cards. |
3rd Printing (2017) |
| 124-127 | 25 | Teach the phonogram r before Activity 25.1 | 3rd Printing (2017) |
| 172 | 33 | Teach the "slash" stroke using the Rhythm of Handwriting Cursive Quick Reference or Manuscript Tactile Card before teaching lowercase k. | 2017 ("Slash" stroke added to ROH Manuscript Tactile Cards; lesson instructions updated for cursive in 3rd printing of Teacher's Manual) |
Foundations B Teacher's Manual
2nd Edition (2018)
| Page | Lesson | Notes | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| No current corrections |
Foundations B Teacher's Manual
1st Edition (2013)
| Page | Lesson | Notes | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 51 | Replace spelling word "thank" with "sick." Replace spelling word "deer" with "feet." |
2nd printing (2015) |
| 123 | 61 | Replace spelling word "sick" with "thank." | 2nd printing (2015) |
| 134 | 63 | Replace spelling word "love" with "wave." | 2nd printing (2015) |
| 183 | 73 | The phonogram ou: Logic of English now teaches a fifth sound of this phonogram, /ü/ as in could. This was included in B Teacher's Manuals starting in the 2nd Edition. During the transition period, some customers purchasing 1st edition B Teacher's Manuals received updated versions Basic Phonogram Flash Cards, the Phonogram and Spelling Rule Quick Reference, and Whistling Whales along with it that included the new information. We recommend teaching all 5 sounds even if your Teacher's Manual does not. | 2nd Edition (2018) |
| 184 | 73 | Phonemic Awareness: some of the OU words have more than one possible pronunciation. Either skip these words or provide extra support: hour (silent h), soup (soap), pour (power), flour (floor). | 2nd printing (2015) |
| 206 | 77 | Replace spelling word "feet" with "deer." | 2nd printing (2015) |
Foundations B Cursive/Manuscript Workbook
1st Edition (2013)
| Page | Lesson | Notes | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 63 | Activity 63.2 Students have not learned the phonogram ar yet. Changed "car" and "farm" to "but" and "can." page 121 | 2nd Ed (2015) |
| 139 | 66 | Activity 66.3 Students have now learned the phonogram ar. Changed "but" and "can" to "car" and "farm." page 139 | 2nd Ed (2015) |
| 194 | 74 | Activity 74.1 Students have not learned the phonograms ew and ey yet. Sentence 1 should be "Dad bought a red bike." Sentence 3 should be "The kids fought to win." page 194 | 2nd Ed (2015) |
| 202 | G | Activity G.2 The handwriting sentence should be "The brown cow lay down on the grass." | 2nd Ed (2015) |
| 204 | G | Activity G.4 "The cow is black with white spots" should be "The cow is white with black spots." page 204 | 2nd Ed (2015) |
Foundations C Teacher's Manual
2nd Edition (2018)
| Page | Lesson | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 87-88 | 94 | Spelling rule section: phonogram ES. Logic of English has recently begun teaching this suffix as a phonogram. If you purchased your Basic Phonogram Flash Cards before ES was added, write the phonogram on a whiteboard or an index card. |
| 88 | 94 | Spelling rule section includes direction to read the ES page in Knitting Knights. This page is new in the second edition of Knitting Knights. If you have a 1st edition copy of Knitting Knights, skip this activity. |
Foundations C Teacher's Manual
1st Edition (2013)
| Page | Lesson | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 83 | "Trains" activity: removed "on a bridge." Students have not learned the phonogram "dge" yet. page 16 |
| 115 | D | Review D "What's that Phonogram?" question 3 should read "/g-gw/". |
| 147 | E | Review E "What's that Phonogram?" question 3 should read "/g-gw/". |
| 157 | 107 | Silent Final E Game: Substitute "voice" for "sauce." Students have not learned the phonogram "au" yet. |
| 154 | 106 | Activity 106.2: There are seven paragraphs. "How many paragraphs are in this story." The fifth paragraph "tells about how Fred likes to take a bath." page 154 |
| 160 | 108 | Omit the example "awe" from the Spelling Rule activity. The phonogram AW is taught in Lesson 112. |
| 162-163 | 108 | In Reader 6, Dolphins, we moved page 2 to page 9 and shifted pages 3-9 forward by one page. The page numbers mentioned in your Teacher's Manual may be incorrect depending on when your Readers were printed. Check which page the students are reading before asking the questions relevant to that page, or use the following corrected pages if your questions do not match. pages 162-163 |
| 211 | 116 | Another two-letter phonogram that says long /e/ is "ei" (taught in Lesson 102). |
Foundations C Student Workbook
1st Edition (2013)
| Page | Lesson | Notes | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 81 | Activity 81.4 Removed a sentence. Students have not learned the phonogram "dge" yet. page 7 | 2nd Ed (2016) |
| 163 | 106 | The next to last paragaraph in Activity 106.2 says “sticks” but should say “stick." page 163 | 2nd Ed (2016) |
Foundations D Teacher's Manual
1st Edition (2014)
| Page | Lesson | Notes | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | D | If your Foundations D Workbook is from the 2017 (3rd printing of the workbook) or later, the "Blue Whales" fluency passage in Review D has 217 words, not 234. We slightly shortened and simplified the passage. | 2nd printing (2017) |